I thought I'd share some of my favorite knitting/craft blogs with y'all!
1. Alaskan Purl This chronicles knitting adventures in the 49th state! She has many awesome patterns, some for free. She's also done a contest or two for those who like giveaways (and who doesn't???)
2. Chicken Stitches Funny name, really great blog. Henya has patterns, projects, and also talks about her life as an Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn. She is originally from Russia and also has stories about that as well. Recently Henya set up an etsy shop with stitch markers and they are really beautiful!
3. Dropped Stitches Erin is a a Gardener, Domestic Goddess, Former Pediatrician, Mother, and Wife and also has a great blog! Right now she's running a giveaway for recycled yarn, which she sells in her etsy shop.
4. The Yarn Girls Blog This is not often updated but it is the official blog for the designers Julie and Jordana AKA the Yarn Girls. I love their books!
5. Yarn on the House This is a very new blog but is a wonderful one! Every week Veronika gives away yarn and/or a pattern! This week's giveaway has SIX winners who will win the Cedar Leaf Shawlette from the Never Not Knitting blog. Along with the pattern, they'll also win Alana's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe and ONE lucky winner will receive HandMaiden Lady Godiva yarn in the Cedar colorway. What awesome prizes!
Do y'all have any good knitting/craft blogs?
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sweaters and Shawls
I have been very busy knitting! First off, I'm working on a baby sweater for a friend of mine. It's knit out of Joann Sensations Rainbow Boucle, which is a very cool yarn. The colorway I'm using goes from dark pink, pale pink, white, pale pink, dark pink. It's the perfect yarn for a little girl!
The pattern is one of the five hour baby sweater pattern. It ain't takin' five hours let me tell you! I've been at it a couple weeks now. But it is nearly done and that is a good thing since Addison is to be born in about three weeks.
Then, I've begun a Travelling Woman shawl. Someone in the RAK group was generous enough to send me two skeins of KnitPicks Palette, enough to begin the project. It's a pretty dark pink color called Lipstick.
It is an awesome lace pattern, the first real lace I've done. Everyone on Ravelry tells me it is a good pattern for a beginner lace knitter and so far they are right! You can find the pattern HERE if you are interested.
And then, I am in several lace and shawl groups on Ravelry right now (guess you can tell what I'm into at the moment LOL) and someone shared a new shawl pattern she had written for her handspun. Now, I don't spin yet, but I do have four skeins of vintage wool that are going to work out great for that pattern!
One of my favorite designers is feministy, who designed the Travelling Woman shawl. She's also got some really cool sock patterns and other shawlpatterns up on her site as well as an etsy shop.
Anyone else been knitting like crazy?
The pattern is one of the five hour baby sweater pattern. It ain't takin' five hours let me tell you! I've been at it a couple weeks now. But it is nearly done and that is a good thing since Addison is to be born in about three weeks.
Then, I've begun a Travelling Woman shawl. Someone in the RAK group was generous enough to send me two skeins of KnitPicks Palette, enough to begin the project. It's a pretty dark pink color called Lipstick.
It is an awesome lace pattern, the first real lace I've done. Everyone on Ravelry tells me it is a good pattern for a beginner lace knitter and so far they are right! You can find the pattern HERE if you are interested.
And then, I am in several lace and shawl groups on Ravelry right now (guess you can tell what I'm into at the moment LOL) and someone shared a new shawl pattern she had written for her handspun. Now, I don't spin yet, but I do have four skeins of vintage wool that are going to work out great for that pattern!
One of my favorite designers is feministy, who designed the Travelling Woman shawl. She's also got some really cool sock patterns and other shawlpatterns up on her site as well as an etsy shop.
Anyone else been knitting like crazy?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
CSN REVIEW
This is my review of CSN.com. Recently, I was asked if I could do a review for them and I said yes :) I chose to review AllModern.com which is a great place to get just about anything you'd need for your home. They have bedroom sets, kitchen items, office supplies and more! For my review I decided to receive Sin In Linen Dreamy Linens Collection Zebra Pink Sheet Set in size twin.
They arrived in just a few short days and came by FedEx, always nice to have a package truck pull up in front of the house!
These sheets are very nice. They were crisp yet soft when I pulled them out of their packaging. The colors are bright and cheerful. Don't let yourself be fooled by the muted shades on the site, they are a much brighter pink then it seems! They have not faded in the slightest, even though they've been washed a couple times.
I did find however, that the sheets was a bit big for my bed as was the pillowcase. I washed them and they seem to have shrunk just little bit but they fit better now.
The sheet set comes with flat sheet, fitted sheet and one standard pillow case (two if you order Full or Queen, King comes with two king size pillow cases). You have a choice of Black/White or Pink/White, depending on the rest of your decor. It is 100% cotton; 200-thread count which makes for a good nite sleep :). And if you have a newer deeper bed they fit mattresses up to 15" deep (this would be why they didn't fit my bed at first, I have an older style twin). Best of all? Bedding is machine wash, tumble dry! I always make sure of that myself - who wants to handwash bedding??
The sheet set I received is 35.00 right now, 30 % off! What a bargain! You want a set too? Just go HERE and choose your size!
I was not paid in anyway for this opinion, it is my own. I did receive one sheet set for review.
They arrived in just a few short days and came by FedEx, always nice to have a package truck pull up in front of the house!
These sheets are very nice. They were crisp yet soft when I pulled them out of their packaging. The colors are bright and cheerful. Don't let yourself be fooled by the muted shades on the site, they are a much brighter pink then it seems! They have not faded in the slightest, even though they've been washed a couple times.
I did find however, that the sheets was a bit big for my bed as was the pillowcase. I washed them and they seem to have shrunk just little bit but they fit better now.
The sheet set comes with flat sheet, fitted sheet and one standard pillow case (two if you order Full or Queen, King comes with two king size pillow cases). You have a choice of Black/White or Pink/White, depending on the rest of your decor. It is 100% cotton; 200-thread count which makes for a good nite sleep :). And if you have a newer deeper bed they fit mattresses up to 15" deep (this would be why they didn't fit my bed at first, I have an older style twin). Best of all? Bedding is machine wash, tumble dry! I always make sure of that myself - who wants to handwash bedding??
The sheet set I received is 35.00 right now, 30 % off! What a bargain! You want a set too? Just go HERE and choose your size!
I was not paid in anyway for this opinion, it is my own. I did receive one sheet set for review.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Magic Loop and slight changes
If you want to learn a new knitting technique, you have got to check out the KnitPicks tutorials. They are very informative and some even have videos for you who learn best by visual learning. I learned the Magic Loop technique very easily thru their instructions and have been making a set of fingerless gloves for a knit a long over at Ravelry.
As for the slight changes, I'm going to be doing reviews here, not necessarily craft related but reviews and possibly giveaways,too. First up is a review from CSN.com. They're a really cool site that is connected to over 200 stores! Right now they are excited about their kids bedding. There is lots to choose from such as the Kayla collection, with its sweet pastels, and sports bedding such as the Detroit Red Wings collection. There is bedding for every age, from nursery to teen!
I'm also going to be switching my book reviews from Livejournal over here because quite frankly no one ever goes to my Livejournal including me because I just can't do anything there. I can't do buttons or HTML or much of anything so I'm moving the reviews here instead.
For those of you who read this blog for crafts, don't worry, still gonna be blogging about that! Still love knitting!
As for the slight changes, I'm going to be doing reviews here, not necessarily craft related but reviews and possibly giveaways,too. First up is a review from CSN.com. They're a really cool site that is connected to over 200 stores! Right now they are excited about their kids bedding. There is lots to choose from such as the Kayla collection, with its sweet pastels, and sports bedding such as the Detroit Red Wings collection. There is bedding for every age, from nursery to teen!
I'm also going to be switching my book reviews from Livejournal over here because quite frankly no one ever goes to my Livejournal including me because I just can't do anything there. I can't do buttons or HTML or much of anything so I'm moving the reviews here instead.
For those of you who read this blog for crafts, don't worry, still gonna be blogging about that! Still love knitting!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
I am back again :)
Well, I was going to give y'all a little present. An easy baby socks pattern to be exact, but it seems I cannot write it out as easily as I can knit it. Sooo, until I can figure that one out... how about a different post?
I participated in the Ravelympics this year. I've never done that before. Have any of you? I made the River Tam, which can be found HERE. It's not very hard, basically just ribbing and yarnovers but I really really really HATE ribbing. So, I made it anyway and finished with three days to spare :) It turned out really nice and I've been wearing it a lot. I did make a few mistakes, but you wouldn't notice them unless I told you.
It was my first knitting project with alpaca and truthfully, I don't see what the big deal is. It really felt no differently then Caron Simply Soft. Only difference I could tell was when I went to block the hat. The hat, when it is knitted, looks like a triangle until it is blocked. Then, I saw the difference in alpaca. Caron Simply Soft would have just stayed a triangle. But alpaca when damp and stretched over a plate, turns into a flat circle. This is because alpaca fibers stretch out when wet and dry in whatever position you've put them into. Cool, huh?
Sorry for not posting in a while, there are nine people in my house, eight of whom use the computer and it is our television as well. Not enough hours in the day!!
I participated in the Ravelympics this year. I've never done that before. Have any of you? I made the River Tam, which can be found HERE. It's not very hard, basically just ribbing and yarnovers but I really really really HATE ribbing. So, I made it anyway and finished with three days to spare :) It turned out really nice and I've been wearing it a lot. I did make a few mistakes, but you wouldn't notice them unless I told you.
It was my first knitting project with alpaca and truthfully, I don't see what the big deal is. It really felt no differently then Caron Simply Soft. Only difference I could tell was when I went to block the hat. The hat, when it is knitted, looks like a triangle until it is blocked. Then, I saw the difference in alpaca. Caron Simply Soft would have just stayed a triangle. But alpaca when damp and stretched over a plate, turns into a flat circle. This is because alpaca fibers stretch out when wet and dry in whatever position you've put them into. Cool, huh?
Sorry for not posting in a while, there are nine people in my house, eight of whom use the computer and it is our television as well. Not enough hours in the day!!
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